Project maintained by timhaintz Hosted on GitHub Pages — Theme by mattgraham

PowerShell ActiveDirectory Module & Get-ADComputer

Get-ADComputer

I’m often looking up workstation and/or server details. This can be tedious if I have to open up Active Directory Users and Computers and Find every time. PowerShell to the rescue! If I don’t know the exact name, something I use often is the -Filter parameter from the Get-ADComputer cmdlet.

PowerShell Code Block

Get-ADComputer -Filter {name -like '*a*'}

Results

PS C:\Users\azureadmin> Get-ADComputer -Filter {name -like '*a*'}


DistinguishedName : CN=ca1,CN=Computers,DC=timhaintz,DC=com
DNSHostName       : ca1.timhaintz.com
Enabled           : True
Name              : ca1
ObjectClass       : computer
ObjectGUID        : 3d0102ae-11fd-4f3c-8f72-a67356b46c61
SamAccountName    : CA1$
SID               : S-1-5-21-493708430-333671045-2630090032-1103
UserPrincipalName :

From Windows 10

If you are using Windows 10, you will need to install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 and then enable RSATClient-Roles-AD-Powershell before you can access the ActiveDirectory Module cmdlets. Install the Active Directory PowerShell Module on Windows 10 by Ashley McGlone has a scriptable way to install RSAT.

Steps to run the ActiveDirectory module from Windows 10.

1. Install RSAT 2.

   Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName RSATClient-Roles-AD-Powershell
   

2. You will now be able to use the ActiveDirectory module from your Windows 10 machine.

Thanks, Tim.